Product Data Sheet

Please Note: This fragrance was reformulated December, 2015 and is now phthalate free.

Bonsai:This fragrance is a Floral Fresh with Citrus and Pine accords, having some Tropical Fruits and Wood tones on background. This is an excellent zen like fragrance that will be excellent with our Asian inspired molds. Use this fragrance whenever you're feeling particularly stressed and just need a relaxing respite in your day.

Performance in Cold Process Soap: This fragrance can accelerate in cold process soap, may discolor from ivory to light pink depending on the recipe.

Product Reviews

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this F/O will be in the best sellers section soon. No riding and easy to work with....lots of time. The smell reminds me of the original Irish Spring

Maria & Bessi5/13/2016

Behavior in CP Soap

This FO behaved really well in CP soap and the smell is amazing! This did not rice, and/or discolor but it did accelerate when CP batter was left sitting and was not being stirred (weird). I was able to do a hanger swirl even with the slight acceleration. The smell of this FO is very clean and has an oceany undertone to it! My dad loves this smell and when we are doing craft shows he has every costumer smell the soap we made with this FO!

Vanessa12/10/2015

One of my favs

OOB is a bit strong but when CP soap is cured, WOW!! Its like generic smelling. You cant go wrong with this scent. Its fresh and green and smells amazing! A tiny but goes a long way! Whoever says it rices or accelerates must be doing something wrong with oils or temperature. Im about to order a huge bottle soon. I made a mostly almond oil, milk and castor bar for a soft but hard shave bar and i put a tiny bit of it. The batter was so smooth and i have over 10% castor in it so it accelerated a tiny bit because of that but my overall soap is creamy white and fresh smelling! Im so happy it is now phthalate free. the one i mustve gotten in the sample pack a few weeks ago wasnt then. So for sure it gets 5 stars now! yay!

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Nicholas4/14/2015

Great Smell, But Difficult To Work With

Pros: It smells fantastic. Not really green like you'd expect, but a nice fresh and mildly citrusy scent. This is my personal favorite masculine scent. Cons: This accelerates and sometimes rices. It fights dirty with oxides. If I am using an oxide colorant, that is pretty much assured to make it rice. It also seems to delay the saponification. 95% of my soaps test at a pH of 7.5 - 8 within 48 hours of creation. Bonsai was over 10 in both batches, and stayed there for about 5 days. Eventually, it mellowed to an 8. Maybe it would perform differently in hot process? I'm willing to buy more because I love the scent so much and try again.

Terah from Bramble Berry replies...Hi Nicholas! I'm so glad you think our Bonsai Fragrance Oil smells fantastic! Though, I'm sorry you're having trouble working with it. In our tests and recipes this fragrance did not accelerate or rice. I will email you personally to help troubleshoot!

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Honey Lady5/16/2014

Good subtle scent

DH raises bonsai trees, so I HAD to try this. I did not find it to be a generic soap scent. It is green, and fresh, but it a Muir Woods sort of way, not Irish Spring. It is more leaf than trunk. The cowboys around here don't like perfume smells unless it's on a woman, and they all like the "freshness" of this one. So do the ladies. Used recommended percentage in CPOP and the strength dipped, then rebounded after a 4 week cure. A keeper.